Hamish Bell and Hamish Johnson enjoying the benefits of group singing.
LEANNE Johnson loves to sing anywhere and anytime. The retired teacher knows the importance of self-expression, which is why, for the last 16 years, she has been running community choirs in Port Macquarie. Her current passion is focused on improving men’s mental health through singing, and she wants to make the activity accessible to everyone. […]
Penny Dakin, Scott Howie, Ros Abercrombie, Andrew Barker, Danielle Fusco and Imogen Castledine.
REGIONAL Arts Australia is launching a “transformative” new funding initiative with $2.4 million dollars in support from Minderoo Foundation. The program offers multi-year grants of $160,000 to support independent artists living and working in regional communities across Australia. “Practice in Community” will deliver two funding rounds for independent artists working in Community Arts and Cultural […]
Speaker Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer and MC Deputy Mayor Nik Lipovac.
Locals gathered at the Town Beach Amphitheatre for ‘Reclaim the Night’. Speaker Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer and MC Deputy Mayor Nik Lipovac. RECLAIM The Night is an international movement that started in the 1970s and is a mainstay of Sexual Violence Awareness Month, which is observed in October. Marked this year on 25 October, […]
Foster carers are in high demand on the Mid North Coast.
MID NORTH COAST residents are being urged to consider becoming foster carers due to a significant demand for children needing the love and support of a safe and stable home. Life Without Barriers’ NSW regional director for NSW Family Base Care North services, Benn Anderson, said many children are unable to live with their families […]
A concept drawing of what Port Macquarie CBD could look like, and the areas in ‘the city heart’.
PORT Macquarie residents are being urged to carefully review plans to transform the CBD and surrounding areas. The “City Heart Strategy and Master Plan” is Port Macquarie-Hastings Council’s vision for a more “vibrant, connected and resilient” town centre and, if approved, will guide its revitalisation over the next 10 to 20 years. It includes plans […]
FOR almost half a century, Timbertown has stood as one of Wauchope’s most loved attractions, a place where history comes alive through steam, sawdust and storytelling. It is now being offered for sale for the second time in its history. The concept of Timbertown began after a report was commissioned in 1970. The planners had […]
Wauchope Hospital Volunteers at their recent AGM (l-r) John Morante, Pam Dures, Rod Lyons, Carole and Barry Peters, Judy Allen, Peter Wallace, Robert Andrews, Susan Vogel, Verna Wallace, Liz McKellar, Margaret Mostyn and Allan Thornton.
Wauchope Hospital Volunteers at their recent AGM (l-r) John Morante, Pam Dures, Rod Lyons, Carole and Barry Peters, Judy Allen, Peter Wallace, Robert Andrews, Susan Vogel, Verna Wallace, Liz McKellar, Margaret Mostyn and Allan Thornton. President Susan Vogel presents Barry Peters with Wauchope UHA Life Membership. Allan Thornton proudly displays his UHA Life Membership alongside […]
SHERYL Barnett has long been a driving force in the Camden Haven and Port Macquarie communities. Her passion for helping others extends far beyond her professional work, focusing especially on supporting women facing breast cancer. “Being involved in the local community helped others as well as my own work,” Sheryl said. . “Plus, there’s such […]
SEVENTEEN years ago, Michelle and Steven Hedger moved from Sydney to Port Macquarie in search of a better life for their family, especially their daughter Demi. Now a 30-year-old woman Demi has an intellectual disability and lives full time with her parents, who celebrated 36 years of marriage this year. They love how welcoming and […]
OCTOBER is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Australia and Laurieton local Jo Dempsey has a message that she wants everyone to hear: “check your boobs.” In 2019, Jo was a 41-year-old busy mum of three when she found a lump in her breast. Within days tests showed she had stage three breast cancer. She underwent […]
